Ship of the line of the Royal Navy
Northumberland
History
Great Britain
Name HMS Northumberland
Ordered 22 June 1744
Builder
Thomas Fellowes (1744–1746)
Benjamin Slade (1746–1750)
Thomas Slade (1750)
Laid down 14 August 1744
Launched 1 December 1750
Commissioned January 1753
Renamed HMS Leviathan , 13 September 1777
Fate Foundered, 27 February 1780
Notes Storeship from 1777
General characteristics [ 1]
Class and type 1745 Establishment 70-gun third rate ship of the line
Tons burthen 141456 ⁄94 (bm )
Length
160 ft (48.8 m) (gundeck)
160 ft (48.8 m) (keel)
Beam 45 ft (13.7 m)
Depth of hold 19 ft 4 in (5.9 m)
Sail plan Full-rigged ship
Complement 520
Armament
70 guns:
Gundeck: 26 × 32 pdrs
Upper gundeck: 28 × 18 pdrs
Quarterdeck : 12 × 9 pdrs
Forecastle : 4 × 9 pdrs
HMS Northumberland was a 70-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy , built at Plymouth Dockyard to the draught specified by the 1745 Establishment , and launched on 1 December 1750.[ 1]
During the Seven Years' War , Northumberland was the flagship of Lord Alexander Collville from 1753 to 1762, and under the captaincy of William Adams until 1760 and Nathaniel Bateman from 1760 to 1762.[ 2] Future explorer James Cook served as ship's master from 1759 to 1761.[ 3]
Northumberland was later classified as a storeship and was renamed Leviathan on 13 September 1777. She foundered on 27 February 1780 whilst sailing from Jamaica to Britain.[ 4]
Notes
^ a b Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol. 1, p. 173.
^ Robson 2009, p.97
^ Robson 2009, p. 95
^ Ships of the Old Navy, Northumberland .
References
1750 amendments
90-gun second-rates 80-gun third-rates 70-gun third-rates 60-gun fourth-rates
1752 amendments
60-gun fourth-rates 50-gun fourth-rates